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List of homicides in Illinois

This is a list of homicides in Illinois. This list includes notable homicides committed in the U.S. state of Illinois that have a Wiki How article on the killing, the killer, or the victim. It is divided into five subject areas as follows:

  1. Multiple homicides – homicides having multiple victims. It includes incidents such as the 1886 Haymarket affair, the 1966 murder of six student nurses by Richard Speck, and the 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders
  2. Serial killers – persons who murder three or more persons, with the incidents taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them. This includes John Wayne Gacy, the most prolific serial killer in Illinois history.
  3. Organized crime – notable homicides involving the Italian-American organized crime syndicate or crime family based in Chicago. These include the 1929 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre and the 1977 murder of Sam Giancana.
  4. Lynchings and race riots – homicides associated with lynching and race riots. These include the 1844 Killing of Joseph Smith and the Chicago race riot of 1919.
  5. Single homicides – notable homicides involving a single fatality which do not fall within the scope of one of the above categories. These incidents include the 1924 murder of Bobby Franks by Leopold and Loeb.

This article does not include military battles fought in Illinois. Such battles, including battles fought during the Black Hawk War, may be found at List of battles fought in Illinois.

This article also does not include people who have been executed in Illinois. Such persons are listed separately at List of people executed in Illinois.

Listed in chronological order

IncidentLocationDateDeathsDescriptionSources
Lively massacreWashington County18133Native Americans killed John Lively, his wife and their children[1]
Indian Creek massacreLaSalle County1832-05-2115Attack by Native Americans on white settlers after settlers built a dam that prevented fish from reaching Potawatomi village[2]
St. Vrain massacrePearl City1832-05-244White Indian agent and three companions killed in an attack by Native Americans
Charleston riotCharleston1864-03-289Clash between Union soldiers and Republicans, on one side, and Democrats known as Copperheads, on other side[3]
Haymarket affairChicago1886-05-0412Rally in support of eight-hour work day, including protester throwing dynamite bomb at police and police opening fire on protesters[4]
Battle of VirdenVirden1898-10-1213Labor union and racial conflict during a strike by the United Mine Workers[5]
Pana riotPana1899-04-107Coal mining labor dispute and racial conflict, part of the Illinois coal wars[6]
Herrin massacreHerrin1922-06-21/2223Labor violence during coal strike[7]
1937 Memorial Day massacreChicago1937-05-3010Chicago police shot and killed 10 unarmed demonstrators during Little Steel strike[8]
James MorelliChicago1947-12-123Mad Dog killings[9][10]
Murder of the Grimes sistersChicago1956-12-282Sisters ages 12 and 15 disappeared returning home from movie theater, bodies discovered three weeks later[11][12]
Chester WegerStarved Rock State Park1960-033Murdered three middle-aged women, wives of prominent Chicago businessmen[13]
Richard SpeckChicago1966-07-138Murdered eight student nurses in their Chicago residence[14]
Simon NelsonRockford1978-01-076Rockford man killed his six children (ages 3 to 12) and the family dog[15]
Latin Kings murdersChicago1979-02-253Three teenagers were found with their throats slashed in a car in Chicago. They were murdered after asking Latin Kings members where they could buy marijuana.[16]
Kenneth AllenChicago1979-03-032Convicted of killing two Chicago police officers
Chicago Tylenol murdersChicago19827Poisoning deaths resulting from placing potassium cyanide in Tylenol capsules in Chicago metropolitan area[17]
Charles WalkerSt. Clair County1983-06-182Murdered a young couple after robbing them, later executed[18][19]
Dardeen family homicidesIna1987-11-174Family murdered in mobile home[20]
Murder of Nick CorwinWinnetka1988-05-202Mentally ill woman shot eight-year-old boy at elementary school and then committed suicide[21]
Jeffrey and Jill EricksonChicago4Bank robber killed a marshall and a police detective, then committed suicide[22][23]
Michael Alfonso1992, 20012Committed two murders, listed on FBI's Ten Most Wanted list
Brown's Chicken massacrePalatine1993-01-087Two robbers killed seven employees at a fast-food restaurant[24]
Mark WingerSpringfield1995-08-292Former nuclear power plant technician murdered his wife and a van driver[25]
1999 Independence Day weekend shootingsIllinois, Indiana1999-07-043White supremacist murdered Orthodox Jews[26][27]
Jorge Avila-TorrezZion2005-053Killed two girls, ages 8 and 9, on Mother's Day
Lane Bryant shootingTinley Park2008-02-025Mass murder and armed robbery at clothing outlet[28]
Northern Illinois University shootingDeKalb2008-02-146Mass shooting on a crowd of students[29]
Murder of Jason HudsonChicago2008-10-242Brother and mother of singer Jennifer Hudson shot at their home[30][31]
Gage Park murdersChicago2016-02-026Six members of Martinez family murdered in house in Gage Park, Chicago[32]
Duck Walk KillerChicago2Unsolved spree killing in Rogers Park neighborhood
Mercy Hospital shootingChicago2018-11-194Mass shooting at hospital
Aurora, Illinois shootingAurora2019-02-156Mass shooting at Henry Pratt Company[33]
2019 Goodfield arsonGoodfield2019-04-065Arson fire in mobile home started by nine-year-old boy
2021 Chicago - Evanston shootingsChicago and Evanston2021-01-096Random shooting spree
Magnificent Mile shootingChicago2022-05-192Mass shooting in shopping district
Highland Park parade shootingHighland Park2022-07-047Mass shooting at Independence Day parade, also 48 wounded
Death of Sania KhanChicago2022-07-182Man shot estranged wife after she posted about divorce experience on TikTok, then committed suicide
2024 Joliet shootingsPreston Heights & Joliet2024-01-218Man opened fire at multiple locations, killing seven family members and an unrelated victim

Serial killers

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Listed in chronological order by date of earliest homicide

gypIncidentLocationDateDeathsDescriptionSources
Johann Otto HochChicago1890–19051–50+Also known as "The Bluebeard Murderer"[34][35]
H. H. HolmesMultiple1891–1894Con artist and serial killer executed in 1896[36]
Robert NixonCalifornia, Illinois1937–19383–5Serial killer, basis for Bigger Thomas in Native Son[37]
John AgrueIllinois, Colorado1966–19823+Serial killer whose first murder in 1966 was of his sister-in-law in Joliet, Illinois[38][39]
John Wayne GacyNorwood Park1972–197833-45Serial killer and rapist, also known as the "Killer Clown", who killed at least 33 young men and boys[40][41]
Robert Ben RhoadesTexas, Illinois1975–19903–50+Serial killer and rapist known as "The Truck Stop Killer"[42][43]
Charles AlbaneseMcHenry1980–19813Serial killer who poisoned three relatives with arsenic[44]
Ripper CrewIllinois1981–198218Satanic cult and organized crime group composed of serial killers, cannibals, rapists, and necrophiles Robin Gecht[1] and three associates[45]
Larry EylerMultiple1982–198421–24Known as the "Interstate Killer", he murdered at least 21 teenage boys and young men throughout the Midwest
Andrew UrdialesIllinois, Indiana, California1986-19968Murdered three of his victims in Illinois
Dorothy WilliamsIllinois1987–19893Killed three elderly people during robberies
Jeffrey DahmerChicago, Milwaukee199117Dahmer met two of his victims (Matt Turner and Jeremiah Weinberger) in Chicago and paid them to go with him to Milwaukee where he murdered them[46]
Southside StranglerChicago1990s–2000s?Suspected serial killer; responsibility later established to different offenders
Andre CrawfordChicago1993-199911Murdered 11 women, many of them drug addicts and sex workers, in Chicago
Ronald HintonChicago1996–19993Raped and strangled three women in Rogers Park neighborhood
Kevin TaylorChicago20014Strangled four prostitutes
Chicago StranglerChicago2001–2018?Unconfirmed serial killer, or serial killers, believed to be responsible for the deaths of a number of women in Chicago

Organized crime

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IncidentLocationDateDeathsDescriptionSources
Shotgun ManChicago1910-191115Assassin and spree killer to whom murders of Italian immigrants were attributed
Maurice EnrightChicago1920-02-021Irish-American gangster gunned down near his South Side home[47]
Big Jim ColosimoChicago1920–05-111Mafia crime boss killed, allegedly by Al Capone[48]
Anthony D'AndreaChicago1921-06-071Mafia boss shot by an assassin while entering his apartment
Charles ReiserChicago1921-10-101Safecracker shot 10 times in hospital bed, corrupt coroner's jury ruled it a suicide
Vito Di GiorgioChicago1922-05-131Italian-born crime boss based in Los Angeles, shot by gunmen while visiting Chicago
Dean O'BanionChicago1924-11-101Bootlegger with North Side Gang shot
Tony GennaChicago1925-07-081Head of Genna crime family, shot during gang war
Samuzzo AmatunaChicago1925-11-131President of Unione Siciliane shot in barber's chair before attending opera
Hymie WeissChicago1926-10-112Polish-American mob boss and a second man killed in submachine gun and shotgun attack
Joe EspositoChicago1928-03-211Politician involved with bootlegging and rival of Al Capone, killed in drive-by shooting on steps of his house
Timothy D. MurphyChicago1928-06-261Mobster and labor racketeer shot at his front door
Antonio LombardoChicago1928-09-072Capone's consigliere and bodyguard gunned down; Saint Valentine's Day Massacre was revenge for his death
Pasqualino LolordoChicago1929-01-081Head of Chicago chapter of Unione Siciliana, shot by gunmen at his house under order from Bugs Moran
Saint Valentine's Day MassacreChicago1929-02-147Murder of seven Irish members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang that occurred on Saint Valentine's Day[49]
Jake LingleChicago1930-06-091Reporter for Chicago Tribune shot in railroad underpass[50]
Joe AielloChicago1930-10-231Sicilian bootlegger killed in bloody feud with Al Capone[51]
Gus WinklerChicago1933-10-091Gangster assassinated by shotgun fire after meeting with FBI[52]
William WhiteOak Park1934-01-231Prohibition gangster killed in shootout with two unidentified men
Fred GoetzCicero1934-03-21Suspected participant in Saint Valentine's Day Massacre shot outside a cafe
James McLainCicero1934-09-231Mobster believed involved in Saint Valentine's Day Massacre shot with machine gun outside his home
Louis AlterieChicago1935-07-181Hitman for North Side Gang shot by sniper outside his home[53]
Jack McGurnChicago1936-02-151Sicilian-American boxer and mobster shot by three men at bowling alley
Edward J. O'HareCicero1939-11-081Lawyer who turned on Capone, shot while driving, son is namesake of O'Hare Airport
Danny Stanton1943-05-051Chicago mobster and union racketeer, killed in dispute over gambling operations
Lawrence ManganoCicero1944-08-031Member of Chicago Outfit shot by several gunmen while pulled over in car[54]
James Ragen1946-08-151Irish businessman and gangster shot while driving
Theodore RoeChicago1952-08-041African-American organized crime figure known as "Robin Hood" shot after refusing to pay "street tax" to Chicago Outfit
Charles GioeChicago1954-08-181Lieutenant in Chicago Outfit, shot by soldiers from a competing group
William Morris Bioff1955-11-041Chicago pimp killed in bombing
Roger TouhyChicago1959-12-161Bootlegger murdered one month after being released from 29 years in prison
William JacksonStreeterville, Chicago1961-08-111Gangster tortured to death by fellow gangsters on suspicion he was an FBI informant
Harry AlemanChicago1972-09-27Mobster initially acquitted and, after first trial was ruled corrupt, convicted at second trial of murdering a Teamsters official
Sam DeStefanoChicago1973-04-141Loan shark and torture-murderer associated with Chicago Outfit, shot by Tony Spilotro
Richard CainChicago1973-12-20Chicago police officer and Sam Giancana associate shot by masked gunman
Sam GiancanaOak Park1975-06-191Former boss of the Chicago Outfit murdered before his testimony to the Church Committee[55]
Charles NicolettiNorthlake1977-03-291Mobster/hitman shot in back of head at restaurant parking lot
William DauberWill County1980-07-02Chicago hitman shot in his car returning from testifying in court[56]
Allen DorfmanLincolnwood1983-01-20Longtime associate of Jimmy Hoffa and Chicago Outfit shot in parking lot[57]
Anthony Spilotro/Michael SpilotroBensenville1986-06-142Brothers associated with Chicago Outfit murdered and dumped in a nature preserve; James Marcello convicted for the murders

Lynchings and race riots

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IncidentLocationDateDeathsDescriptionSources
Elijah Parish LovejoyAlton1837-11-071Minister, newspaper editor, and abolitionist killed by a pro-slavery mob, became a martyr to the abolitionist cause[58]
Killing of Joseph SmithCarthage1844-06-272Founder of Latter Day Saint movement killed along with his brother by a mob[59][60][61]
Lynching of Samuel J. BushDecatur1893-06-031Black day-laborer accused of raping white woman
Lynching of F. W. StewartLacon1898-11-071Black man accused of assault of a miner's daughter
Lynching of William JohnsonThebes1903-04-26Black man accused of assaulting a 10-year-old girl
Lynching of David WyattBrooklyn1903-062Black teacher denied renewal of teaching certificate, shot district superintendent and was then lynched
Danville race riotDanville1903-07-25Mob sought to lynch black man[62][63]
William "Froggie" JamesCairo1909-11-111Black man charged with rape and murder of 23-year-old shop clerk
East St. Louis massacreEast St. Louis1917-05/07-Labor and race-related attacks by whites who murdered between 39 and 150 black people, nine whites killed[64][65][66]
Robert PragerCollinsville1918-04-051German immigrant lynched during WWI due to anti-German sentiment[67][68]
Chicago race riot of 1919Chicago South Side1919-7-27 –1919-8-338Violent racial conflict began on South Side[69][70]

Single homicides

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IncidentLocationDateDescriptionSources
Jean La LimeChicago1812-06-17Trader from Quebec, "first murder in Chicago"[71]
George DavenportRock Island1845-07-04Pioneer of Quad Cities, namesake of Davenport, Iowa, murdered by Banditti of the Prairie[72]
Edmund DurfeeHancock County1845-11-15Early member of Latter Day Saint movement, shot by anti-Mormon mob; remembered as a martyr of LDS church
Sharon TyndaleSpringfield1871-04-29Illinois Secretary of State, redesigned state seal, assassinated outside his home[73]
Jimmy ElliottChicago1883-03-01Former world heavyweight boxing champion, shot by a gambler in a saloon[74]
Patrick Henry CroninChicago1889-05-04Irish republican doctor murdered by affiliates of Clan na Gael
Carter Harrison Sr.Chicago1893-10-28Mayor of Chicago and former US Congressman, murdered at his home by a disappointed office-seeker
Adolph LuetgertChicago1897-05-01German-American businessman convicted of murdering his second wife and dissolving her body in a vat filled with lye at his sausage company
Hampton W. WallStaunton1898-04-15Illinois legislator murdered by a tenant
Hale JohnsonBogota1902-11-04Prohibition Part presidential candidate; shot to death while trying to collect a debt
Murder of Clarence HillerChicago1910-09-19Railroad clerk murdered, first use of fingerprint evidence for conviction
Elsie ParoubekChicago1911-04-08Four-year-old Czech-American girl kidnapped and murdered
Bugs RaymondChicago1912-02-24MLB pitcher beaten in a fight, died of fractured skull at age 30
Leopold and LoebChicago1924-05Wealthy students at University of Chicago kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks[75][76]
John M. BoltonChicago1936-07-09Businessman and Illinois legislator reportedly assassinated by organized crime due to his efforts to legalize some forms of betting[77]
Carl ChoisserOzark1939-09-25Politician, lawyer, and newspaper editor shot after quarrel with murder defendant
Frank MelroseChicago1941-09-01Jazz and blues pianist killed in fracas in club
Gordon McNaughtonChicago1942-08-06MLB pitcher shot in hotel lobby by ex-girlfriend
Sonny Boy Williamson IChicago1948-06-01Blues musician killed in a robbery on Chicago's South Side
Sol ButlerChicago1954-12-01African-American NFL player and Olympic long jumper shot at a bar where he worked
Malcolm Lee BeggsChicago1956-12-10Actor beaten to death with beer and whisky bottles in hotel room
Murder of Maria RidulphSycamore1957-12-03Seven-year-old girl disappeared and body found almost five months later
Benjamin F. LewisChicago1963-02-28Chicago alderman murdered in his ward office
Murder of Michele LeAnn MorganMascoutah1961-08-11Child abuse victim murdered by stepmother at age 4
Karen McCarronMorton2006-05-13German-born pathologist suffocated her three-year-old autistic daughter
Fred HamptonChicago1969-12-04Deputy national chairman of Black Panther Party shot and killed in his bed in predawn raid
Murder of Evelyn OkuboChicago1970-07-18Japanese-American teenager killed during Japanese-American convention at Palmer House
Jeanine Nicarico murder caseNaperville1972-07-07Two Hispanic men wrongfully convicted of rape and murder
Dragiša KašikovićChicago1977-06-19Bosnian Serb writer and his nine-year-old daughter murdered by Yugoslavian secret police
Lee JacksonChicago1979-07-01Blues musician shot to death during a family argument
Murder of Jaclyn DowalibyChicago1981-05-17Seven-year-old girl disappeared from her bedroom, body discovered four days later
Rudy LozanoChicago1983-06-08Labor activist organized "Black-Brown unity" in electing Harold Washington mayor, murdered shortly after Washington's election
Ben WilsonChicago1984-11-21Top high school basketball player in USA shot to death
Flukey StokesChicago1986-11-19Drug kingpin murdered along with his chauffeur sitting in a Cadillac limousine
Stephen B. SmallKankakee1987-09-02Business kidnapped and held for ransom, died from asphyxiation due to conditions of confinement
Ioan Petru CulianuChicago1991-05-21Romanian historian and writer, critical of the Romanian secret police, shot in a bathroom at the University of Chicago Divinity School
Stuart Heaton caseRamsey1991-07-23Stabbed a pregnant, 16-year-old girl 81 times with a pair of sewing scissors
Dantrell DavisChicago1992-10-13Seven-year-old boy caught in crossfire as he walked to school with his mother at Cabrini-Green
Murder of Joseph WallaceChicago1993-04-19Three-year-old boy murdered by mentally-ill mother
Robert SandiferChicago1994-09-0111-year-old boy known as "Yummy" killed by fellow gang members out of fear he could become an informant
Murder of Eric MorseChicago1994-10-13Five-year-old African-American boy dropped from a high-rise in the Ida B. Wells Homes by a 10- and 11-year-old boys
Murder of Karyn Hearn SloverDecatur1996-09-2723-year-old mother disappeared after leaving work and found two days later wrapped in plastic bags near a lake
Lee MiglinChicago1997-05-04Real estate developer murdered in his home by spree killer Andrew Cunanan
Murder of Peggy JohnsonMcHenry1999-07-20Jane Doe body identified years later; nurse convicted in 2022 of her murder
Ricky ByrdsongSkokie1999-07-03First African-American head coach of Northwestern basketball team killed by a white supremacist in hate crime killing spree
Regina and Margaret DeFrancisco2000-06Two teenage sisters murdered boyfriend of one, set body on fire, and gained national notoriety as fugitives
Murder of Laree Slack2001-11-1112-year-old girl beaten to death by Jehovah's Witness father who claimed he was administering Biblical discipline
Murder of Mary Stachowicz2002-11-13Polish-American woman murdered after questioning killer's sexuality, drew attention as alleged hate crime against Christian heterosexual
Brice HunterChicago2004-04-19Former NFL wide receiver shot outside his apartment
Murder of Riley FoxWilmington2004-06-06Three-year old girl murder, father was accused but then cleared by DNA evidence
Murder of Atcel OlmedoNaperville2005-09Body of Mexican boy, age 2, discovered in Naperville
Nicole AbusharifVilla Park2007-03-17Murdered her domestic partner
Murder of Derrion AlbertChicago2009-09-24Murder at Christian Fenger Academy High School
Murder of Hadiya PendletonChicago2013-01-2915-year-old girl shot while standing with friends in a park; Barack Obama mentioned in State of Union
Murder of Laquan McDonaldChicago2014-10-2017-year-old African-American youth fatally shot by white police officer
Murder of Yingying ZhangUrbana2017-06-09Visiting Chinese scholar abducted, raped and murdered near University of Illinois
Killing of Adam ToledoChicago2021-03-2913-year-old Latino boy shot by Chicago police officer[78]
Killing of Anthony AlvarezChicago2021-03-31Latino man shot by Chicago police, body camera footage showed he was shot in back while fleeing from police with a gun in his hand[79]
Killing of Zheng ShaoxiongChicago2021-11-09International student from China fatally shot near the University of Chicago[80]

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